Like many people I have a problem with shopping. My problem is that I am unable to stop. As soon as I get paid I’m off to the shops to (1) _______ away my hard-earned cash. I always tell myself that I won’t (2) _______ all my money and that I’ll try and (3) _______ as many bargains as possible, but in the end I find myself spending my money (4) _______ on things I don’t even need! What’s worse is that I find it really difficult to (5) _______ anything out and so I now have (6) _______ of rubbish that I don’t think I’m ever going to get rid of. Most months, when I look at my bank statements I find that I’ve gone (7) _______. And each month I swear I won’t (8) _______ again and each month I do. Now I’ve (9) _______ such big debts that I’m going to have to do something about them and try to (10) _______ a little amount each month.

BChoose the correct alternative to complete the sentences.

(11) We often throw our rubbish in large containers called dumps / skips / scraps.

(12) You can throw bottles into a special bottle dump / deposit / bank.

(13) Our bins are collected early on Tuesday morning. So we throw them away / set them off / put

them out on Monday night.

(14) You mustn’t throw ends / litter /scraps on the streets.

(15) What do you do with your food ends / litter / scraps?

(16) It’s amazing how much rubbish we throw away / litter / deposit

CComplete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets. You may also need to use a negative prefix.

(17) At the moment things are quite _______ at home. (STRESS)

(18) I’m not sure if I’m _______ of most households in the UK. (REPRESENT)